Webbing



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E. F. SPENCER.

- WEBBING.

No. 305,350. Patented Sept. 16, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT O-FFIcEO EU GENE FRANK SPENCER, OF CINCINNATI,OHIO.

"WEBBING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,350, datedSeptember 16, 1884.

Application filed October 18, 1888.

.To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EUGENE F. SPENCER, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in thecounty of Hamilton and State of Ohio have invented a new and ImprovedWebbing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in a fabric having a weft or filling of fibrousmaterial and a warp composed of interspersed or intermingled fibrousthreads and wire strands, and with a selvage composed entirely offibrous material, as more fully hereinafter described and claimed. I

The object of my invention is to materially strengthen the fabric andrender it more elastic. It is usefully employed in making belts, fabricfor upholstering furniture, cloth for lining the interior of carriages,and various other .similar uses.

The figure of drawing shows a piece of fabric constructed in accordancewith my invention and having its edges selvaged.

A represents the woven fabric.

a represents a series of wire strands used as threads, of which-the warpis partially formed.

12 represents fibrous threads interspersed between the wire strands. Iprefer to use about eight to ten wire strands to the inch, the remainingand interspersed threads of the warp being formed of any desired fibrousmaterial. The wire strands should be sufficiently soft and (No model.)

filling-threads c.

0 represents the wire bent over the fillingthread 6.

(2 represents a selvage, or that portion of the fabric which contains nowire strands in the warp, thus allowing that portion to be doubled andsewed or worked. This material possesses many advantages over otherfabrics hitherto used. It is more durable, and a much stronger fabric isobtained to resist the longitudinal strains, as in belting the wireshould be sufficiently flexible to allow the cloth to conform to pulleysor in any desired shape in which it is to be placed.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to combine wire with woven fabricto strengthen the same, and such I do not broadly claim.

What I claim is- A woven fabric having a weft or filling of fibrousmaterial, a warp composed of interspersed or intermingled fibrousthreads and wire strands, and a selvage whose warp and weft or fillingare entirely of fibrous material, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set I my hand.

EUGENE FRANK SPENCER.

Witnesses:

JNo. E. JoNEs, A. GLUOHOWSKY.

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